Demarco - Dancehall and reggae music artiste

Demarco represents the refined cream of a modern crop of Jamaica’s most skilled and talented music practitioners.

He embodies a new age of cutting-edge artistes,
whose ability to intertwine song writing with music production,
engineering, and performing, and whose capacity to use these skills
seamlessly between Dancehall, Roots Reggae, Hip Hop, and R & B,
makes him in constant demand in one role or another.

He
has either written, produced, or built tracks for some of the world’s
most popular figures in music. Top names like singer/rapper Olivia,
rapper Styles P and deejay Sean Paul have experienced his production
skills, while deejay Bounty Killer and others have put vocals to his
cutting lyrics. Collin “Demarco” Edwards was born in Portmore St.
Catherine in 1982.

He attended the Ardenne High
School in St Andrew, where all his interest and skills were born and
took shape. He was originally a member of a school based sound system
called the Future Disco. Spinning the hits and mixing them, increased
his love for it, and inevitably, he graduated to performing on the sound
system.

Before long, just like the original founding fathers
of dancehall who toasted their way to stardom on sound systems, He
became a constant fixture on the SoundSystem, riding with the team and
performing all across Portmore as he played. Dancehall insiders recall
him performing at the legendary Cactus Night Club as early as age 15.

Eventually
he had to leave his colleagues when he migrated to New York in 1998.
However, with the musical seeds firmly embedded inside him, He made sure
he moved in musical circles while there. He ended up in Baltimore where
a close friend coached him in the various elements of making music. He
learnt how to mix, use the keyboard, sequence rhythms and use drum machines to build Rap, R&B, and Dancehall rhythms.

He
lapped up this information hungrily, and his skills multiplied rapidly,
but he had no funds to buy his own production equipment. As if
determined to fulfill an undeclared destiny, he plunged himself into the work force,
and worked multiple jobs so he could get the funds he needed. He
managed to get them a piece at a time, and inch by inch he set about
building up his home studio. The more electronics he bought, the more he practiced after work hours.

Demarco recalls days when shuffling between jobs and building tracks at home, he pushed on without sleep or food, all with the dream of creating that ground breaking
sizzling track. With the buzzing Jamaican dancehall community as
vibrant as it is in New York, it wasn’t long before one of his rhythms
was bought.

He made himself known to the insiders, and before long, he was earning hard cash
from some of them. The word also spread quickly about his skills, and
by then artist managers and sound system operators began to approach him
to build rhythms for them. Through a mutual friend, he was introduced
to Star Kutt Music. They reviewed his material and immediately signed
him up as a part of the team.

With Star Kutt, his work load, his talent, and his
reputation exploded, landing him jobs with some of Hip Hop’s leading
players. He created tracks for rapper Styles P , and Free from BET’s 106
& Park. In addition, he landed two rhythms on Elephant Man’s ‘Good 2
Go’ album. He also made numerous beats alongside The Soul Diggaz, who
are signed to Missy Elliot and who were involved in the production of
her last three albums.

While doing all this
studio work, he also penned lyrics which landed on some famous lips, and
did vocals that also landed on some notable tracks. Among the
collaborations are: Styles P of the Lox, ‘Tell Them Again’, with Olivia
of G-Unit, and one with Jabba of Hot 97 titled ‘Lighters ’.

He
was featured on Foxy Brown’s album, did the Chorus for a track titled
‘Whistle’ on Missy Elliot’s upcoming album, and the Chorus for Cat
Deluna in Whine Whine Whine. Demarco also wrote for Bounty Killer
‘Warlord Reloaded’ and ‘Hey Sexy Baby’, and supplied vocals on a
combination with Bounty Killer titled ‘Chap’.

With
these under his belt, Demarco’s evolution led him to focus more on
pleasing the local fan base. This resulted in a track with Sizzla titled
‘Kings and Queens’, which landed into coveted prime time air time slots
on leading local radio stations, and for which the music video did moderate rotations on cable and television stations.

The
track signaled the local market’s willingness to hear more from
Demarco, and in addition, his readiness to tackle the Jamaican market on
a more direct basis. Since then, he has produced and written a steady
stream of hits that have ridden local charts to the top, while still
with the Star Kutt label. These include Fallen Soldiers, Duppy Know Who
Fi Frighten, Beautiful Lady, Sort Dem Out, Better Jamaica, and Give The
World.

The bulk of these tracks have climbed to
the top of local charts at one point or another, and the music videos
have increased Demarco’s presence inside the local scene as a competent
and formidable contender on the performing stage. Other releases include
Listen To Your Girl, Blessings A Multiply with Da’Ville and ‘Face Life’ featuring Busy Signal.

Demarco
has also been behind some of Jamaica’s most notable hits. The rhythms
include Side Walk University, which was considered his first hit rhythm,
for noted producer Jam Two. This rhythm featured memorable tracks like
Vybz Kartel’s Beyonce Whine, in addition to tracks from Tony Matterhorn,
Sean Paul and Collie Budz.

He also built the
Virus rhythm for the SSMG Label, which featured Kartel’s Hot Wuk. Also
on his list is the Gang War rhythm for Baby G, which features Damian
‘Junior Gong’ Marley’s One Loaf of bread, Mavado’s The World Is Mine,
and Sizzla’s Too Much gang War.

He also blended the Z-March for Nikky Z which featured Mavado with Mamma Even If They Kill Me There was also the Shoot Out for Producer John John, which features the Mykal Rose track Shoot Out,
which incidentally was also written by Demarco. The rhythm also
featured Demarco’s Duppy Know Who fi frighten, and No Escape by Busy
Signal, plus Mavado with Gangsta Life.

He also
did nineteen tracks and co-wrote a number of songs for Mykal Rose’s
upcoming album which is being produced by John John. The Spalsh Out
Riddim for Jam 2 was also created by him. This features Demarco’s Any
Side, and Vybz Kartels Informer.

There was the
Super Charge rhythm for Baby G as well, which again features him with
Elephant Man on Our World. This track is one of the singles on Elephant
Man’s current album. Mavado is also on that rhythm, and Junior Reid with
Dutty Gun, which was also co- written by Demarco.

Another specially blended track is the Mission
rhythm for Baby G, which features Stephen Marley and Junior Gong with
The Mission. This also featured Mavado with the timeless On The Rock
with rapper Jayz. There was also the Black Rain for Demarco’s own Starr
Kutt, which features Busy Signal with Pon Di Edge, and rising star
Einestien with Black Rain.

Another popular gem was the Warning Riddim,
for Shane Brown which featured Mavado’s Money
Changer, Demarco’s Sort Dem Out, and Busy Signal’s Loaded along with
Hey Girl. In addition, a good portion of Demarco’s work is on several
notable and popular exclusive singles.

These
include Nah Go Change by Christopher Martin, his very own Fallen
Soldiers, and Busy Signal’s Unknown Number and Curphew. There was also
Never Change by Taurus Riley and Bugle, and Mykal Rose and Busy Signal’s
Real Jamaican, which was also co-written by him.

As
with all similar cases, cream rises to the top, and where talent
abounds, people will come knocking. Demarco’s musical exploits have
caught the right ears, and after listening to his work, the Executives
of Koch Records approached him and signed a three album deal through his
Star Kutt Records imprint. Koch is also home to international stars
like Sean Kingston, Ray J, Jim Jones, DJ Khaled, and Foxy Brown among
others.

He is among a team of stars, and with his level of competence in so many areas of the music, Demarco will be shining.

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